CEDP Inspire Podcast

Religious Education coordinator Ben Oxley and class teacher Helen Gilmour join Teaching Educator Franca Bonserio to share their experience of the test run at Holy Family Primary, Emerton.

Religious Education coordinator, Robert Barden and Stage 3 teachers Louise Desira and Jenny Khazen share with us their experience of the test run at St Anthony's Primary, Girraween.

Religious Education Coordinator Genevieve Banks from Catherine McAuley, Westmead and Mission Teaching Educator Bruce Carr discuss the process behind preparing and teaching Stage 5 Learning Cycle 5.

Mother Teresa Primary, Westmead Stage 3 team, Maria Boyd, Scott Mortimer and Vicki Morgan recount the process they underwent in planning and implementing Learning Cycle 1.

Marian Catholic College, Kenthurst share their learning from Stage 5 Learning Cycle 5. Featuring Religious Education Coordinator Alicia Shaw, teachers Jordan Macri and Isabella Bisazza and Teaching Educator Bruce Carr with students Claudia Como and Emily Nasso.

Teachers from Penola Catholic College sharing their experience of the test run of Stage 5 Learning Cycle 8

Christine Howe, Acting Executive Director for Catholic Education Diocese Parramatta, discusses the Draft New Curriculum currently being tested in schools.

Prof. Anthony Maher unpacks the Rationale from the Draft New Curriculum. This is a special long form episode in which Anthony explores in detail some of the concepts underpinning the rationale.

Professor Anthony Maher details the formation dispositions that make up the Hand domain. 3/3 https://www.parra.catholic.edu.au/News-and-Events/Planning-for-the-Future/New-curriculum-to-connect-faith-learning-and-life

Professor Anthony Maher unpacks the formation dispositions that make up the Heart domain. 2/3 https://www.parra.catholic.edu.au/News-and-Events/Planning-for-the-Future/New-curriculum-to-connect-faith-learning-and-life

Professor Anthony Maher unpacks the formation dispositions that make up the Head domain. 1/3 https://www.parra.catholic.edu.au/News-and-Events/Planning-for-the-Future/New-curriculum-to-connect-faith-learning-and-life

Bishop Vincent Long commends the Draft New Curriculum to Clergy and leadership of the Parramatta Diocese.

Gen Bryant is a Melbourne based singer-songwriter whose mission has always been to connect, engage and inspire people of all ages, and from all walks of life, through her music. She recently performed at the Lifted Live days, a partnership between Catholic Youth Parramatta and Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta and performed on the main stage at the last two Australian Catholic Youth Festivals. In this episode she discusses the role of music in building connections to ideas and to each other in order to build community. www.genbryant.com "Send Us Out" (c) Gen Bryant [Willow Publishing]

Michael McDowell, author of Rigorous PBL By Design, The Lead Learner, & Developing Expert Learners and Superintendent of Ross School District in California reflects on the ongoing development of the new RE curriculum in Parramatta Diocese in light of his work with Developers.

Gary Borg, Director Mission Catholic Education Diocese Parramatta, shares the next steps in the development of the new curriculum.

Mark Hopkins, Head Captivate Catholic Education Diocese Parramatta, explores the connections between drama, embodiment and Catholic practice and tradition, identifying how they can lead to deep learning when effectively used together.

Parramatta Marist Principal, Mark Pauschmann, along with REC Victor Hunt and Developers Gina Mari and Melinda McGrath, discuss the impact of the new curriculum in their school which has an established culture of inquiry through Project Based Learning.

Cheryl Brown, Principal of Bethany Primary, Glenmore Park, discusses the challenges and opportunities presented by the trial of the new RE curriculum.

Students from Year 4 at St Michaels, South Blacktown, have hijacked the Inspire podcast to let you know what's really happening in their classroom!

School Principal Lisa Samojlowicz shares highlights from the trial of Religious Education at Our Lady of the Nativity Primary School, Lawson.

Monica Vella, Acting Teaching Educator from the CEDP Mission Team, discusses how elements of inquiry might be incorporated into the early years of primary education.

Learning Leaders, Jane Kaperonis and Attila Lendvai, along with Head Leading and Learning, Tim Hardy, discuss their impressions of the planning and implementation of the Religious Education curriculum trial.

Sue Veling, Principal of St Michaels Primary, Blacktown South, discusses how she and her team have prepared to trial the new curriculum in Term 2.

Christel Vion is a Stage 2 teacher at Bethany Catholic Primary School, Glenmore Park and is working with her team to trial our new curriculum in her school.

Cheryl Fortini, Principal of Holy Family Primary School, East Granville, discusses ways in which her school team has prepared for the trial of the new RE curriculum.

Alma George, Manager Diverse Learning Needs for Catholic Education in the Diocese of Parramatta, discusses the importance of catering for all learning styles in the development of our new curriculum. If you would like to revisit Alma's presentation, visit the Google+ page "CEDP Mission."

Fr John McSweeney, Priest of the Diocese of Parramatta and scripture scholar, discusses scripture in the context of curriculum development with Director Mission for CEDP, Gary Borg.

Mark Smith, Head Mission for CEDP shares the latest on the Stage 6 Learning for Mission Module.

In today's episode we are joined by colleagues from the Lismore Diocese. Gary Reen, Assistant Director of School of Evangelisation and Catechetical Services in the Lismore Diocese and Kurt Challinor K-12 Catechetical Services Consultant were observers at Boot Camp and share their insights with us.

Curriculum Developers Wardeh Khoury and Carole Day share their reflections from BootCamp.

Wayne Davie and Lynn McKinnon of the Parramatta Diocese's Parent Representative Council share their responses to the initial sketches and processes undertaken in the construction of the new curriculum.

This week our Developers are engaging in the next bold steps of curriculum co-creation. Here is a glimpse into their thinking at their first gathering earlier this year. Contact us at inspirepodcast@parra.catholic.edu.au

Biblical scholar Dr Edward Sri discusses ways of approaching scripture from a variety of experience levels and applauds the Diocese of Parramatta's use of the Senses of Scripture. To hear more from Dr Edward Sri: website: edwardsri.com twitter: @edward_sri Contact us at inspirepodcast@parra.catholic.edu.au

CEDP Teaching Educator, Amanda Bentley, discusses the many different ways that teachers bear witness to their faith in their work.

Fr Chris de Souza, Vicar General and Episcopal Vicar for Education in the Diocese of Parramatta, takes us into the deep as we discuss the challenges and opportunities of developing a new Religious Education curriculum in this time and place. Contact us at inspirepodcast@parra.catholic.edu.au

Paul Stenning, Director of System Learning for the Diocese of Parramatta, discusses the correlations between learning in Maths and Science and the domain of Religious Education. Paper Clips Project: http://www.oneclipatatime.org/paper-clips-project/ Contact us at inspirepodcast@parra.catholic.edu.au

Dr Michael McDowell, superintendent of the Ross School District in San Francisco and author of 'Rigorous PBL by Design', discusses key elements of curriculum design and his initial response to the direction being taken in Catholic Education Diocese of Parramatta. Contact us at inspirepodcast@parra.catholic.edu.au

Teacher Educators from the CEDP Mission Team, Tania Melki and Franca Bonserio, share some of the student wonderings and discuss the process behind collecting them.

Sue Walsh, Deputy Executive Director and Director of Learning for the Catholic Diocese of Parramatta, talks about the exciting possibilities in creating a new Religious Education curriculum and how it can be supported at a system level.

Carmen returns to discuss next steps in the co-creation of a new RE curriculum for the Diocese of Parramatta.

Carmen Cassar, Project Leader for the rewriting of Religious Education in Parramatta Diocese, joins us to talk about how we came to this point.

Greg Whitby, Executive Director of Schools in the Diocese of Parramatta, discusses the bold new steps required if a new religious education curriculum is to meet the needs of learners in the 21st Century.

Bishop Vincent discusses his dream for Religious Education in the Diocese of Parramatta, offering challenge and support to educators and students engaged in the work of co-creating the new curriculum.

in this introductory episode, members of the CEDP Mission Team Gary Borg (Director) and Mark Smith (Learning Leader) join podcast moderator Scott Carroll (Teaching Educator) to discuss the purpose of the Inspire Podcast.